A Case Study on the Electronic Global Village

Neale Ferguson

62.782G

June 1989

mailto:neale@mailbox.tabnsw.com.au
A Case Study on the Electronic Global Village

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

  • Background
  • SHARE
  • VM
  • VMSHARE

    • Availability and Cost of Technology

  • New Technology
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Costs
  • Why Tele-Conferencing?
  • Design Principles
  • Bureaucracy

    • VMSHARE

  • Evolution and Growth
  • Characteristics

    • Sociological Impacts

  • Individual Impacts
  • Cognitive
  • Affective
  • Behavioural
  • Impacts on Groups
  • Cognitive
  • Affective
  • Behavioural
  • Societal Impacts
  • Cognitive
  • Affective
  • Behavioural

    • Conclusions

  • Epilog

    • Appendix A. VMSHARE Usage

  • Growth of VMSHARE 1985-1988
  • Active versus Passive Users
  • Becoming Self-Supporting

    • Appendix B. Benefits of VMSHARE

    Appendix C. Social Bonding

  • MEMO THANKS and MEMO REL-SOUL
  • MEMO MOVINGON
  • MEMO NEEDHELP

    • Appendix D. Examples of non-work related files

  • MEMO HUMOR

    • Appendix E. Glossary

    Appendix F. References

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